An on-going debate about a place for cycling along Britain’s seafronts has taken another twist after a surprise ban by Portsmouth’s council leader.Campaigners and local politicians were fully expecting that cyclists would be allowed to ride along Southsea promenade this summer, and a public consultation saw 3,000 people back the idea.But to the disappointment of … Read more
BBB Head Fix Headset Spanners £10.95 eachThe head-fix bridges the gap between a full-on workshop quality tool and the bargain basement get-you-by type when it comes to accurately adjusting and servicing the threaded headsets still prevalent on older road, tourers, cross and mountain bikes.Weighing a reassuringly hefty 300g a piece, the Taiwanese made wrenches feature … Read more
Italian former women’s road race champion Marta Bastianelli has had a drug ban doubled following an appeal by the International Cycling Union (UCI).Bastianelli, who took gold during the UCI World Championships in Stuttgart two years ago, was initially banned for a year by the Italian Olympic Committee after testing positive for flenfluramine last July. The … Read more
An appeal for more women to support and promote cycling across the UK has gone out as part of National Volunteers Week (June 1 – 7)Sustrans would like to redress the balance in terms of its male-to-female volunteers who donate more than 32,000 hours of their time every year supporting sustainable transport.At present, 600 women … Read more
Charge have released a new video podcast featuring team rider Juliet Elliott. The short film shot by director Georgi Banks-Daviesuses a stop-frame technique and follows Londoner Elliott as she rides the streets of her home town on her Charge bike, naturally. To view other films in Charge’s ever-expanding series of fixed gear films and to find out more … Read more
Easy pickings for bike thieves in Cambridge have prompted the launch of a twin-action crime prevention strategy by local police and cycling campaigners.Cambridge has the highest level of cycling in any town or city in the UK, and consequently pays the price in bike-related crime. Police say that in March 2009 there was a 64 … Read more
Would you be willing to give up one car journey a week to save the planet? Sustrans thinks you would and the sustainable transport charity is going to give people across Britain the chance to reduce their carbon footprint and make a real difference in the fight against climate change through its new Change Your … Read more
David Millar soloed to victory at the Edinburgh Nocturne on Saturday 30th May after working with Garmin team mate Cameron Meyer to blow apart the strong British field.The two Pro Tour riders had a week to recover after dropping out of the Giro d’Italia last weekend and they made that and their international experience tell … Read more
After a Saturday afternoon spend cruising up the River Thames getting sun burnt and a evening out for a meal I wasn’t expecting too much from a Sunday morning spin.
But, at the traffic lights going out of the village I saw a Livestrong jerseyed rider on one of those new full carbon Raleigh’s whizz over the cross roads.
So I chased, and chased, and chased and then made the catch. The dude had his I-pod on though so the conversation was a bit one sided. He went south and I went north and the next junction and I had the A1 service road to myself at just after 8 in the morning.
Designed in the Netherlands, made in the Far East from 3AL/2.5 grade titanium and costing a little over a pound for every gram, the Van Nicholas is a distinct nod in the direction of Elite’s Ciussi. It would be the most obvious choice for riders with a Ti frameset or those looking to shave every … Read more
